First Defiance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: FDEF), the holding company for First Federal Bank of the Midwest and First Insurance Group, today announced that Terri Bettinger, TK Herman and Mark Robison were appointed to the...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 8/16/17, First Defiance Financial Corp will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.25, payable on 8/25/17. As a percentage of FDEF's recent stock price of $48.77, this dividend works out to approximately 0.51%, so look for shares of First Defiance Financial Corp to trade 0.51% lower — all else being equal — when FDEF shares open for trading on 8/16/17.

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 5/17/17, First Defiance Financial Corp will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.25, payable on 5/26/17. As a percentage of FDEF's recent stock price of $53.49, this dividend works out to approximately 0.47%.

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. First Defiance Financial Corp.